Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote:
> Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>> Robert Millan wrote:
>>>> About the duplicated commands, we can create a module minicmd to
>>>> include the most basic command
>>>>     
>>> Then we can't have a rescue shell before heap is initialised and
>>> minicmd
>>> is loaded.  Should we be concerned about this?
>>>   
>> What would one use that rescue shell for?
>
> Idea of the rescue shell is load other modules in case grub itself
> cannot find them. It provides thin layer of tools so user is able to
> find them.
>
> Personally I would like to keep this functionality in core.img. 
So, how is the "rescue shell" different that "grub itself". Why would it
find modules that "grub itself" does not find?

Stefan


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